A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close — IF you're the owner of a Windows PC who is looking for a replacement computer, the choices are grim. You can step into the world of hurt that is Vista, the latest version of Microsoft Windows that was released in January.

Are You Being Cheated by Digital Cable? — Greetings. If you pay for digital cable television tiers, is the service as "digital" as it's supposed to be? Don't be too sure. As it turns out, cable companies can easily cut corners and "cheat" on some aspects of digital tiers in many cases …

A Satellite's First Breath — A month ago, I blogged about the future of LandSat, public accessible earth imaging, and commercial providers of global remote sensing. One of the companies that I mentioned, DigitalGlobe, has a long relationship with Google Earth, dating back to its provision …

Apple cuts us off — So, it's finally happened. Unhappy with other media players being better than iTunes, Apple have apparently decided to stop them from working with the new range of iPods. — Who does this affect? — This affects Linux users - there's no iTunes for Linux …

AMD prepares three-core processors — Tri and tri again — THERE HAVE BEEN back channel stories floating around for weeks about tri-core AMD CPUs, but nothing solid. The rumours have been picking up more steam, and now they are finally solid: AMD is doing a three-core chip.

SquidWho - When A Product Becomes A Platform — I wrote a post a week ago talking about products that become platforms. — I started it off with a discussion about the Mahalo/Gnomedex thing. That was a mistake. It clouded the point I was trying to make.

Tell-All PCs and Phones Transforming Divorce — The age-old business of breaking up has taken a decidedly Orwellian turn, with digital evidence like e-mail messages, traces of Web site visits and mobile telephone records now permeating many contentious divorce cases. — Spurned lovers steal each other's BlackBerrys.

iPod touch having display issues? — No rest for the weary on the Apple LCD front — hot the heels of reports that the 20-inch iMac's screen is less than impressive, word on the street (and Apple's support forums) is the iPod touch is having trouble displaying blacks correctly.

EXCLUSIVE Microsoft Gatineau presentation and screen shots! — UPDATED: Apologies to Ian Thomas but I forgot to indicate where BETA 1 screen shots stopped and where future releases began as he related this information during his presentation. Please see the note inline below and again, apologies to Ian!

The $100 laptop now the $188 laptop — CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. — Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child …